Tracing Equilibria in Extensive Games by Complementary Pivoting
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An algorithm is presented for computing an equilibrium of an extensive two-person game with perfect recall. The equilibrium is traced on a piecewise linear path from an arbitrary starting point. If this is a pair of completely mixed strategies, then the equilibrium is normal form perfect. The normal form computation is performed efficiently using the sequence form, which has the same size as the extensive game itself.
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تاریخ انتشار 1996